Airbus Wins 25-Year French Military Cybersecurity Contract
Airbus will supply certified gateways for networks ranging from secret to unclassified across French military platforms and directorates.
- On Wednesday, September 23, 2026, The French General Directorate for Armament awarded Airbus Cybersecurity SAS a twenty-five-year contract to supply PARACOM cybersecurity gateways for the French Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs.
- The French military operates networks with varying classification levels, necessitating secure checkpoints for data movement; Airbus will build the hardware to facilitate filtered, secure exchanges between these information systems.
- Deployment includes rack-mounted units for data centers and specialized variants for aircraft, submarines, and armored vehicles. Lombard, Director of Connected Intelligence at Airbus Defence and Space, called this a 'digital shield.'
- These gateways will be certified for exchanges ranging from 'secret' to 'unclassified,' and will be deployed across the Armed Forces and the Ministry to ensure secure, filtered communication.
- Twenty-Five years represents a significant duration in the cybersecurity sector. By the time this contract concludes, current digital threats may appear outdated, reflecting the long-term nature of this military technology investment.
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The aviation and defence giant, via its subsidiary Airbus Cybersecurity France, was chosen on Wednesday by the Directorate-General for Armaments (DGA) to equip the French army with these equipments. These "gateways" must prevent classified information from circulating to a less protected network, while allowing certain exchanges indispensable for the functioning of the forces. The 25-year contract, the amount of which has not been revealed, cove…
Airbus wins 25-year contract to build cyber gateways for France’s armed forces
France’s military runs networks at different classification levels, and data still has to move between them, and Airbus will build the checkpoints. The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has awarded the company the 25-year PARACOM contract to supply cybersecurity gateways for the networks of the Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans’ Affairs, Airbus said […] This story continues at The Next Web
PARIS. The French Directorate-General for Armaments (DGA) has entrusted Airbus, through its subsidiary Airbus Cybersecurity SAS, the [...] The article AIRBUS: 25-year contract for cybersecurity of the French Ministry of Armed Forces comes from Defense Report.
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